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It’s Almost ‘All Systems Go’ for Artemis 2 to Take the Next Giant Leap Toward Stepping on the Moon Again

Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Apollo 8 saved 1968, can Artemis 2 pull off a 2026 encore?

The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a grinding war. Apollo 8’s Christmas flight in 1968 did not fix any of that, ...
Dark Space Official on MSN

Inside the N-1 disaster at Baikonur, the Soviet Saturn V rival that detonated and shattered the moon race

Two weeks before Apollo 11, the USSR’s N-1 mega booster rose from Baikonur and detonated in one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions. This is the behind-the-scenes story of how a single ...

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Pen-L Publishing/

When Oklahoma author-journalist Carol Mersch, a long-time friend of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, learned in 2006 that he had landed the first Holy Bible on the moon, she was intrigued. The ...

Projections to light up Washington Monument as New Year's fireworks spark

If you’re looking for something different and free for New Year’s Eve, how about fireworks at the Washington Monument? In ...